Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old

Great review! This whisky is easily one of my favourites. I've been meaning to pick this one up again, after reading this review I'll need to get a bottle sooner rather than later ; )

I bought a bottle of this after my beloved Yamazaki 18 priced itself out of my range. I have to agree with the love-fest here, it is damn fine. Very different from the Y18 of course, but that's OK. The Yoichi 15 was so good, I had to go back and get a couple more to horde away.

Indeed a great review which is really tempting me to try this one. But the 15yo is quite expensive too, nearly as expensive as the Yamazaki 18yo.

Btw can you compare the Yoichi 15yo to the 10yo?

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Wills, really? I'm sorry to hear that! The Yoichi 15 is still much cheaper than the Yamazaki 18 here in Japan. Most places have it for about $100 Canadian, whereas the Yamazaki 18 is about $200 Canadian.

100 for the Yoichi versus 180 for the Yamazaki in the US

85€ for the Yoichi, 110€ for Y18 in Germany

In Australia the only prices I can find are: Yoichi 15 = $170, Yamazaki 18 = $275. For me, neither represent value for money at those terms.

There's a good reason why I usually resort to importing from the U.K. or Europe.. e.g. including shipping I can get ONE bottle of Yamazaki 18 to my door for AU $180.

systemdown... WOW! Those are absolutely ridiculous prices! It's easy to understand why you would resort to ordering online. If you get the chance though, try ordering the Yoichi 15 sometime. A really nice whisky indeed.

I would love to try the Yoichi 15 as I think the 10 is pretty damned good.. it may be a part of my next import order. Totally willing to pick up a bottle before tasting thanks to all the very favourable reviews and comments here on Connosr and elsewhere. And thanks to @tabarakRazvi for this review, by the way!

I bought yoichi 15 today and its a really good whiskey i would say, and i also have miyagikyo 15 , if i compare them i would say i like miyagikyo more it have more sweet taste in my opinion , im not an expert at all, @tabarakRazvi thx for your reviews really nice to read, you give miyagikyo 12 better rating than miyagikyo 15 interesting, then i really want to try that 12 to, also yamazaki 18, so mutch money to spend :)

I can't wait to try this one, good review. I wounder why the Nikka Taketsuru 21 is not on here, they won best whisky review of the month (Best whiskey of the month - April 2014) and in my opinion is one of the best!

Has anyone else tasted the Taketsuru 21?